An eyewitness told TV3 that four heavily armed robbers successfully robbed a wholesale full of provisions owned by one Alhaji Muntari. The robbers began firing indiscriminately into a crowd at the popular Akabaa’s street in the Zebilla township after an alarm was raised by the attendants and the nearby shop owners.
The robbers turned their anger on the attendants and shot at them. Unfortunately, one stray bullet hit and killed a middle-aged man.
The attendants Abdulai Awudu and Abudu Abdulai were rushed to Zebilla District Hospital for treatment. The body of the deceased, believed to be a Fulani, has been deposited at the Zebilla hospital mortuary.
According to another eyewitness, Nuhu Ibrahim, the four armed men were riding two motorbikes with guns suspected to be Ak 47 assault rifle.
The police were called to the scene but the time they arrived the robbers had bolted with their booty.
Story by Tanko Mohammed Rabiu | 3news.com
Groupe Nduom has completed the transaction to acquire a bank in the USA. This begins a new important and pioneering chapter in the entrepreneurial history of our multi-national group of companies.
The acquisition of Illinois-Service Federal Savings Bank (ISF Bank) follows the regulatory approval by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Board of Directors of ISF Bank last year approved the adoption of a Plan of Voluntary Supervisory Conversion and Stock Purchase Agreement with Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and Nduom family members, pursuant to which the Bank converted from the mutual form of ownership to the stock form of ownership and issued newly authorized shares of its common stock to the investors in a recapitalization transaction. The conversion and recapitalization was a crucial step in the turnaround of the Bank, which experienced difficulties during the economic downturn of 2008, which was especially devastating for African-American communities and the banks that serve them.
“Founded in Chicago in 1934, the Bank has been a crucial source of capital and banking services for families, local small businesses, faith-based institutions and nonprofit organizations in our neighborhoods,” said Norman J. Williams, immediate past Chairman and CEO of ISF. “This marks a new chapter in the life of the Bank, which will enable it to sustain the rigors of financial stress that have plagued many communities in Chicago and continue to provide much-needed banking services and access to credit. Given the current climate in our country, the Bank is needed more than ever to provide financial services and drive redevelopment in our market,” added Mr. Williams.
“The Nduom family is proud to support this leading institution and trusted Chicago partner which, for eight decades, has worked to revitalize the urban areas in which it operates,” said Dr. Nduom. “Our investment will enable the Bank to build upon its legacy by providing a suite of innovative financial services and products to address its customers’ needs. This investment helps ensure that minority focused banks continue to play a vital role in community economic development.”
“We believe in a comprehensive approach to neighborhood revitalization including housing, schools, businesses, and not-for-profits, all important assets which ISF finances and sustains across Chicago’s communities,” said Mr. Williams. “By continuing to serve individuals and institutions with mission-driven capital, ISF will grow and thrive along with the City.”
The Bank began in 1934 when community leaders came together to establish a savings and loan association sensitive to the needs of African-American residents of Chicago. The ISF Bank has two offices in the City, and through its Internet banking program, its services and products are available nationwide. Its mission is “To provide the underserved and largely unbanked minority constituency with banking products that suit their needs and customer service that exceeds expectations.”
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and Mrs. Yvonne Nduom are private investors who began their professional life in the Midwestern United States. Dr. Nduom was a Deloitte & Touche partner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Nduom worked with Allstate Insurance and Blue Cross, Blue Shield in Wisconsin. They provide managerial, technical and financial services through their management services company, International Business Solutions, LLC, based in Washington D.C. As an entrepreneurial family, the Nduom Family is proud and grateful for the opportunity to contribute to ISF’s legacy of socio-economic development. “We look forward to serving and building the South side community of Chicago in the long tradition of Illinois Service Federal as a prime residential and business community to compliment the proposed President Obama Library to be sited there.”
Groupe Nduom is a family business group of Ghanaian and American origin. It manages a diverse portfolio of businesses and social welfare enterprises primarily in West Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Groupe Nduom’s living values are to earn and maintain a reputation of high ethics and integrity; make sound business investments; take a long-term view of success; and share success with employees, community and shareholders. Each member company of Groupe Nduom seeks to deliver consistent results, promote innovation and lead by example, not only in its industry-specific peer group but also in corporate Africa, and around the world.
Groupe Nduom manages companies in a variety of industries such as:
1. Financial Industry: GN Bank, First National Togo, First National Cote d’Ivoire, GN Reinsurance, GN Life Assurance, Gold Coast Fund Management, Gold Coast Brokerage, PenTrust, Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Company, Ghana Growth Fund Company.
2. Media: First Digital TV (including several television channels), Today Newspaper, DigiCut advertising, Radio stations.
3. Hospitality, Sports and Entertainment: Coconut Grove Hotels, Elmina Sharks FC, Spyder Lee Entertainment, Sea Lions FC, Ahomka Fie Event Place.
4. Industrial: GN Quarry, GN Concrete Products, GN Motors, FreshPaK, GN Electronics, GN Logistics, GN Printing, Qualtek (Technology), GN Power.
5. Education: Monica Yorke School, Nduom University (Nduom School of Business & Technology; and GN Learning & Development Center), Elmina Community Library.
Source: Groupe Nduom 
Two persons have been confirmed dead after a VIP bus ran over them at Kentinkrono, on the Kumasi-Accra road Thursday evening.
The two died shortly after being sent to the KNUST hospital for treatment.
The bus passengers who got injured as well as the driver who fell unconscious are currently receiving treatment at the KNUST Hospital.
ASP Ransford Nsiah, KNUST Dstrict Commander said the police have launched investigation into the cause of the accident.
He advised commuters to stay alert and always ensure that they face the direction of in-coming vehicles when standing by the road side.
The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Aninwaah hospital at Emena for autopsy and preservation.
Story by Ibrahim Abubakar | 3news.com | Ghana
e at the time of the contest she was not a registered voter in the country
He is therefore praying the court to annul the election and order a re-run of the primary.
But Dr. Zanetor Rawlings in a bid to nullify the charges against her, successfully registered at the Nyaniba polling station at Ridge on Thursday in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
Speaking on Eyewitness News, lawyer Nimako argued that Zanetor’s registration cannot validate her election in the NDC primary since she was not a registered voter at that time.
He said Zanetor by her act has vindicated his client and strengthened their case.
“I think we have made this point clear over and over again that the NDC and the political party have put down certain ground rules to regulate the conduct of their parliamentary primaries and among the ground rules is also their own constitution which also regulates the primaries.
“The simple case is that at the time when the primaries was going to be held every candidate was suppose to have met the legal requirements as put down by the party and its internal rules, and among the regulations was that a person seeking to contest must be a registered voter and she was not a registered voter, that is all. So having registered now cannot take retrospective effect to validate the election that took place in November 2015.”
He revealed that his client will still pursue the case until the court gives its final ruling.
“For now, we want the Klottey Korle polls to be nullified. After that we will decide on what to do.”
Source: citifmonline.com 
New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary candidate for Cape Coast North Constituency Barbara Asher Ayisi has stormed the Kwaprow registration center near the University of Cape Coast to stop the limited registration exercise, TV3 gathers.
Her campaign team claims the center was not scheduled to be part of the first phase of the exercise, which began on Thursday, April 28.
Paa Kow Cole, the supervisor for the limited registration exercise for the NPP in the UCC community, told 3FM’s Sunrise Friday that the centre was scheduled for the second phase of the exercise – May 3-8.
“So we were prepared for that and concentrating on other centres only to hear that people were being bused from Elmina and other places to come and register, that is why the people alerted us,” he said.
About 26 people were registered at the Centre yesterday, he claimed, “so we came and stopped them this morning”.
He also claimed that when the NPP got to the Kwaprow registration center, only NDC agent was there and wanted the EC to explain the anomaly.
Meanwhile, Mrs Philomena Adusei, Central Regional EC Director told 3news.com the issue has come to the commission’s attention.
She said officers have been dispatched to the centre to rectify any anomaly.
Source: 3news.com 
Accra Academy, winners of the High School edition of Vodafone Icons competition, have left Ghana for the Vodafone Freezone International High School Musical Contest in Turkey.
The Bleoo Band will join other elite high school bands around the world to contest for the global prize.
Mr Patrick Kofi Mensah, Assistant Headmaster, Administration of Accra Academy, said the students are battle ready for the stake ahead.
“We’ll definitely make Ghana proud by bringing the ultimate prize home,” he said.
Commenting, Marketing Director at Vodafone Ghana Agnes Emefa Essah said empowering people is one of the beliefs of Vodafone.
“Vodafone Icons is one of the ways we use in encouraging people to discover and develop their full potentials,” she said
“We are particularly excited that Accra Academy is representing Ghana, and we are positive they will bring glory to Ghana at the Global Competition. We wish our young performers all the best.”
The contestants will take part in a series of activities before the main event on Friday, April 29th.
Accra Academy Senior High School won the first edition of the High School edition of Vodafone Icons.
As part of the prize package, they are representing Ghana at the global level.
Each member of the five-man band was also given a one-year scholarship package from Vodafone and the school will be presented with a music studio with a complete band set and laptops with audio editing software for music production.
Source: 3news.com|Ghana